Friday, July 24, 2009

Battle at Burke Farm 7/24/09


Tom Richeson got 1st in Expert Vet 35+, and John Gaudio got 3rd in the same category. Congrats to both! That was a hard race! I got 4th in Sport Women.


Conrad puts on a great race, I always look forward to his races, hope he puts more on next year. He always has a keg and pizza. He is very organized and the race itself went very smoothly, the volunteers at the intersection where different categories did different things were very good, no hitches. Well ok the results got a little messed up but it all got straightened out.


The course has a little of everything- an easier loop with rolling up and downs on single track with lots of corners (very fast and fun) and some stream crossings and lots of riding through a field, and then an expert loop with about a 0.7mile rocky uphill, rock garden at the top (reminded me of Massanutten), and a fun down hill with lots of big whoop-de-doos and a really steep downhill section (steepest I’ve ever seen), cambered single track, large log piles, narrow bridges, etc. (John and Tom got to do 2 of the easier laps and 2 of the expert laps, I got to do 2 of the easier and one of the expert laps.)

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